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e. Barack Obama, President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, he made his presidential run in 2008. He was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 . Obama has declared his position on many ...
Barack Obama 's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he ...
Near the end of his presidency, Johnson rejoined the Democratic Party. [42] ^ Chester A. Arthur succeeded to the presidency upon the death of James A. Garfield. [47] ^ Theodore Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency upon the death of William McKinley. [52] ^ Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Warren G. Harding.
This is the electoral history of Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States senator from Illinois (2005–2008). A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South Side.
During their presidential campaigns both Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain called for a "surge" of troops into Afghanistan. Support for the war among the American people diminished over time, and many Democrats began to support an end to the conflict.
Donald Trump (left) and Barack Obama (right) together on Trump's inauguration day, January 20, 2017. In the United States, Obama–Trump voters, sometimes referred to as Trump Democrats or Obama Republicans, are people who voted for Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 or 2012 presidential elections (or both), but later voted for Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in 2016 or ...
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-elected to a second term.
On February 3, 2009, President Obama nominated New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, a Republican. The nomination initially drew criticism, as it would likely give the Democrats in the Senate a super-majority , assuming Al Franken would be seated from Minnesota (as he eventually was) and the two independents regularly voted with the Democrats. [119]